Eyeglasses



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B. DE GELLES. 1

EYEGLASSES. I

No. 359,852. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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ERNEST DE GELLES, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,852, dated March 22, 1887.

Application filed June 89,1986.

T oaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ennns'r DE Cnnnns, of Southbridge, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses; and I do hereby declare that the foilowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved eyeglasses, showing the spring secured. Fig. 2 is a similar vieu showing the spring and guard removed from one frame; and Figs. 3 and aare perspective detail views of the inner portion of the glass-frame and of the guard and a portion of the spring, rcspcctively.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Myinventiou has relation to eyeglasses; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a pair of glasses in which the guards and spring may be secured to the studs projecting from the frames without screws, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the spring, which may be of any suitable shape, and the ends B B of which are curved, so as to correspond to the shape of the guards C G, which are secured to the curved portions of the spring by means of the usual rivets. The upper studs, D, of the frames are provided with T-heads E at their outer ends,

the said heads being placed transverse to the edges of the frames, and the lower studs are likewise formed with heads F at their outer ends, the said heads at the upper and lower studs being formed by circumferential grooves G and H, which form upwardly-projecting shoulders I. and J below the grooves of the up per and lower studs, respectively. The lower ends of the spring at the ends of the guards are formed with longitudinai notches or slots K K, opening at the lower ends, and at the upper ends of the guards the springs are formed with longitudinal slots L.

W'hen it is desired to secure the spring to the frames, the T- head of one frame is inserted into the corresponding longitudinal slot in the spring, whereupon the frame and stud are turned one'fourth of a revolution, bringing the Serial No. 206,418. (No madehl T- head transverse to the slot, and the slot or notch at the lower end of the spring is there upon slipped into the groove under the head of the lower stud, the spring and guard being bent to admit of this being done, when the elasticity of the spring will keep the slot in its place upon the stud. In this manner it will be seen that the spring may be secured to the frames in a moment of time and without the use of tools, rendering the repairing of the spring sufiicieutly easy to be performed by the wearer of the glasses without obliging him to go to the Optician, all that is necessary for repairing a broken spring being to remove the ends of the spring and the guards from the studs by bending the guards and turning the spring, when a new spring may be inserted, as before described.

The spring will be secured more firmly by the headed studs than by screws, which are liable to become loosened, and rustis notasliable to aifect the fitof the headed studs in the slots as it will affect the iit of screws within screwthreaded perforations, in which they are liable to become rusted fast.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States p 1. In a pair of eyeglasses, the combination of the frames having headed studs, with the spring having two curved ends with the guards secured to thcm,and having slots at the upper and lower ends of the guards fitting upon the headed studs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a pair of eyeglasses, the combination ofthe frames having T- heads formed upon the ends of the upper studs, and having heads formed upon theends of the lower studs, with a spring having its lower ends curved outward and provided with the guards secured to the inner faces of the said curved ends,aud formed with longitudinal slots at the upper ends of the guards fitting upon the T- heads,and with longitudinal slots or notches at the lower ends fitting upon the headed lower studs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my siguatu re in presence of two witnesses.

ERXEST DE- (JELLES.

Witnesses:

MATTHEW McVnY, J ULIUs TRUDEL. 

